2010 CHINA GP: VETTEL AGAIN FASTEST, HIS 3-RD POLE IN FOUR RACES

The German claimed his third pole in four races, also making sure Red Bull has secured the top spot in all the grands prix of the season so far.

"It was a fantastic lap, and the fourth consecutive pole position for Red Bull. We are proving we have a very good car independent of the circuit type. We are always up there. Special thanks to the mechanics because they had zero lunch as we required a lot of changes that they had to work from free practice to qualifying.I think it will be raining tomorrow, it's just a question of when.Dry or wet we should be well armed for tomorrow."

Mark Webber was second fastest and is pleased with his effort in qualifying, despite being beaten by his team-mate, loosing 1-3. "I was happy with my lap. I gave it everything and it wasn't enough. You'd like to be a bit further up, but we are in the position we deserve to be. Seb stopped the sand a bit quicker than I did, but tomorrow is a long race."

Fernando Alonso secured third place on the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix.It is the third time in four races that the Ferrari driver will start from third on the grid.He is hoping for a dry race, despite there being over a 90 per cent chance of showers tomorrow. "I prefer dry, but if it rains it is the same for everybody and this is a race situation. If it rains tomorrow it will be fine. It will be interesting to see how the race develops, with the potential of our car and how it normally performs. A dry situation will be more normal for us. Tomorrow's race will be determined by the weather. When it rains if it is wet all race then maybe the first car can lead until the end, but in those races you can make a good choice or a bad choice and lose 10 seconds per lap. It is nice to watch on television but very risky for us."

Pos  Driver         Team                  Q1        Q2        Q3
1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault      1:36.317  1:35.280  1:34.558
2.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1:35.978  1:35.100  1:34.806
3.  Alonso         Ferrari               1:35.987  1:35.235  1:34.913
4.  Rosberg        Mercedes              1:35.952  1:35.134  1:34.923
5.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1:36.122  1:35.443  1:34.979
6.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes      1:35.641  1:34.928  1:35.034
7.  Massa          Ferrari               1:36.076  1:35.290  1:35.180
8.  Kubica         Renault               1:36.348  1:35.550  1:35.364
9.  Schumacher     Mercedes              1:36.484  1:35.715  1:35.646
10. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1:36.671  1:35.665  1:35.963
11. Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth     1:36.664  1:35.748
12. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:36.618  1:36.047
13. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:36.793  1:36.149
14. Petrov         Renault               1:37.031  1:36.311
15. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari        1:37.044  1:36.422
16. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1:37.049  1:36.647
17. de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari        1:37.050  1:37.020
18. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes  1:37.161
19. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1:39.278
20. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth        1:39.399
21. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth        1:39.520
22. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth       1:39.783
23. Senna          HRT-Cosworth          1:40.469
24. Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth          1:40.57